Browsing Archive: February, 2013

On a sunny Saturday morning, we met up with Wil and Greg of the USFS at
the Penny Pines parking area. After some chit chat, we shuttled a
couple of cars down to the small parking area at the foot of the trail
to Garnet Peak. We loaded up with trail tools and headed up the trail
to the junction with the PCT. To our pleasant surprise, there was
hardly any snow left on the trail and it was not the muddy mess that
sometimes follows melting snow. I fired up The Obliterator and the
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On Saturday, we took advantage of the nice
weather and got a trail work crew together to work on the PCT near the
Sunrise Aid station. One group took loppers and clippers and brushed
the trail north to the junction with Mason Valley Truck Trail. A second
group, drove over to the gate for the Lucky 5 Ranch and work back north
on the PCT with a couple of brush cutters. Post-work lunch was held at
Todd's cabin (thanks Todd!) and included an interesting analysis by
Cory Schmel...